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ENNESSEE (jNTEKllSllAL 

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The Tennessee Centennial Exposi- 
tion now in progress in Nashville is in 
Celebration of the one hundredth 
anniversary of the admission of Ten- 
nessee to the Union. This Exposition 
will continue until October 31, and is 
held in a purely patriotic spirit, with- 
out any intention of money -making. 
It is the first instance of a State 
celebrating th^s anniversary, and for 
this reason has assumed a national 
importance. The prime objects of the 
Exposition are to show to all, and 
particularly to Tennesseans, the glo- 
rious history of the State, her richness 
in all the elements of material wealth, 
the beauty of her scenery, the health- 
fulness of her climate, and her abound- 
ing inducements to the industrious 
and intelligent immigrant. The dis- 
plays of material resources, however, 
grand as they are, are not of such 
peculiar and universal interest to the 
patriotic Tennessean as are the price- 
less relics which recall and keep alive 
the deeds and names recorded to Ten- 
nessee's credit. Because — 

There are deeds which should not pass awa 1 . 
And names that can not wither, though the 

earth 
Forgets her empires with a just decay. 



OUR FLAG POLE 

The Centennial Flag Pole, from which ever floats in the balmy Southern air the 
stars and stripes, is three hundred feet high. It is built of Southern pine, and is held 
together by bands of Northern steel, rendering it not unlike our union, which is "one 
and inseparable, now and forever." The Flag Pole, one of the highest in the world, 
is crowned with twelve arc lights, and as it is in a direct line with Church Street, and 
far above it, a strong light is thrown straight through the main highway of the city. 



THE AMERICAN FI,AG Flag of the free heart's hope and home ! 

By angel hands to valor given ; 
The stars have lit the welkin dome. 

And all thy hues were born in heaven. 
Forever float that standard sheet — 

Where breathes the foe but falls before us, 
With Freedom's soil beneath our feet 
And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? 

—Joseph Rodman Drake. 



[From Vol. Ill, pp. 361-2, Laws of the United States, published in 1796.] 



j\\i^ 1 HOW TENNESSEE ENTERED 
THE UNION 



Certain 
territory 
declared to 
be one flate 



An Ad for the Admiffion of the State of 
Tenneffee into the Union, 

WHEREAS by the acceptance of the 
deed of ceffion of the ftate of North- 
Carolina, Congrefs are bound to lay out into 

one or more ftates, the territory thereby ceded 
to the United States: 

BE it enaded by the Senate and Houfe of Re- 
prefentatives of the United States of America^ in 
Congrefs ajfembled, That the whole of the ter- 
under the ritory ceded to the United States by the ftate 
Tenncffee °^ North-Carolina, fhall be one ftate, and the 
fame is hereby declared to be one of the Uni- 
ted States of America, on an equal footing 
with the original ftates, in all refpecrs what- 
ever, by the name and title of the ftate of 
Tenneffee. That until the next general cenfus, 
the faid ftate of Tenneffee fhall be entitled to 
one Reprefentative in the Houfe of Reprefen- 
tatives of the United States; and in all other 
refpects, as far as they may be applicable, the 
laws of the United States fhall extend to, and 
have force in the ftate of Tennessee, in the fame 
manner, as if that ftate had originally been 
one of the United States. 

JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of 
the Houfe of Reprefentative s* 

SAMUEL LIVERMORE, Prefident of the 
Senate pro tempore. 

Approved, June the firft, 1796: 

GEORGE WASHINGTON, 

Prefident of the United States, 






AUDITORIUM 

The Auditorium, where all festivals, congresses and meetings will 
be held during the Exposition, has a seating capacity for six thousand 
people. It is Colonial in design and Ionic in treatment, and has a 
square tower one hundred and forty feet high, from which a magnificent 
view of the Exposition and of the country for miles around is obtained. 
Four airy porticos facing the points of the compass furnish a pleasant 
promenade and a delightful resting place. 

It was in the Auditorium where, on June i, 1896, the preliminary 
inaugural exercises were held, and where distinguished Tennesseans 
reviewed the history of Tennessee for the past one hundred years. Here 
tardy praise was eloquently paid to the pioneers of the Volunteer State. 



TO THE PIONEER A dirge for the brave old pioueer ! 
The patriarch of his tribe 1 
He sleeps — no pompous pile marks where, 
No lines his deeds describe. 

They raised no stone above him here, 

Nor carved his deathless name ; 
An empire is his sepulchre, 




ADMINISTRATION 

In the Administration Building the offices of the Director of Works 
and the Engineers are located. Here also are domiciled the Director 
General, Director of Affairs, and their assistants. The structure has 
wide, shaded verandas, from which a most satisfactory view of the Park 
can be had. It is located in the little grove back of the Children's 
Building, and is a beautiful little structure. 



OFFICERS 

Executive Department.— John W. Thomas, President; V. L. Kirkman, Nashville. Vice President: 
W. A. Henderson, Knoxville, Vice President: John Overton. Jr., Memphis, Vice President: 
Chas. E. Currey, Secretary ; E. C. Lewis, Director General ; Dr W. L. Dudley, Director of Affairs ; 
A. W. Wills, Commissioner General; S. A. Champion, General Counsel; Frank Goodman, 
Auditor ; W. P. Tanner, Treasurer. 

Grounds and Buildings.— Robert T. Creighton, Engineer in Charge. 

Exposition Guard. — Eastman G. Currey, Commandant. 

Machinery Department.— George Reyer, Chief. 

Woman's Board. — Mrs. Van Leer Kirkman, President; Miss Ada Scott Rice, Secretary. 

BUREAU OF PROMOTION* AND PUBLICITY.— Herman Justi, Chief 




THE PARTHENON 



A great critic has described architecture as i( frozen music," but 
exactly why, we are not told; and yet, there is a degree of appropriate- 
ness in the description. There it stands, beautiful, majestic, and it all 
but gives forth heavenly sounds. It is not only an imitation of the glo- 
rious Parthenon standing on the Acropolis at Athens, but it is an exact 
reproduction, rising in beauty and grandeur, with its gaze fixed upon 
the lovely Valley of the Cumberland, and facing the splendor of the 
rising sun. This glorious temple, securely built of stone, brick and 
iron to render it fire-proof, will be the repository of the fine arts collec- 
tion. Happy thought that suggested the Parthenon, the most perfect 
and the grandest achievement of all architecture as the temporary home 
for a gallery of art treasures representing the best work of every school 
and emporium of art. Ample wall space, a flood of natural light by day 
and of electric light by night, a collection of canvases surpassing any 
ever before seen in the South, broad aisles and perfect ventilation, the 
Art Gallery of the Centennial will give unalloyed pleasure to every 
visitor. 

ART There is no more potent antidote to low sensuality than 
~ — ~' the adoration of the beautiful. All the higher arts of 

design are essentially chaste without respect to the object. 

They purify the thoughts as tragedy purifies the passions. 

Their accidental effects are not worth consideration— there 

are souls to whom erea a vestal is not holy.— SchUgel. 




PALLAS ATHENAE 

In front of the Parthenon, facing the State House on Capitol Hill, 
stands Miss Enid Yandell's colossal statue of Minerva, forty feet in 
height, including pedestal, modeled after Frohner's Pallas de Velletri, 
which is in the L,ouvre, Paris. This model, while not so well known in 
America, is regarded by critics abroad having a high and just concep- 
tion of art as the most beautiful and most justly celebrated of all. Miss 
Yandell has been most fortunate in preserving in her huge copy all the 
grace and beauty of the original ; and in this connection it may be 
proper to say that this is perhaps the largest statue ever executed by a 
woman. 



SCUI/PTURE Sculpture is more than painting. It is greater 
To raise the dead to life than to create 
Phantoms that seem to live. 

— Longfellow . 




HISTORY 

The Erechtheon, which stood near by the Parthenon on the Acropolis at Athens, 
also stands near by the Parthenon at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. While 
the Erechtheon of the White City is not an exact reproduction of the venerated tem- 
ple on the Acropolis, it is an adaptation, and closely resembles it. 

In lieu of the main porch at the northwest angle on the north side, and in lieu 
of the caryatides porch on the south side, shown in the original, rooms or wings 
having the same projection and occupying the same area as the main porch on the 
north side of the Erechtheon, but treated in a subordinate way, are used on the north 
and south sides of the History Building, giving it, in plan, the form, nearly, of a Greek 
cross. There are porches at the east and west ends of the building, as in the original, 
v» ith six columns of the Ionic order to each, and the intention to reproduce accurately, 
so far as practicable, the dimensions and details of the original in these two facades, 
has been carried out. The building contains about forty-two hundred square feet, 
divided into five compartments, of which the central and largest room is set apart for 
History and Antiquities, one room for the use of the Confederate Veterans, one for the 
Grand Army of the Republic, one for the Colonial Dames and Daughters of the Revo- 
lution, and one for miscellaneous purpose. Access to each of these compartments on 
the interior is had through large archways sixteen feet wide by sixteen feet high. 
Tlie dimensions of the building on its east to west axis, including the porches, are 107 
feet by 36 feet 6 inches, and from north to south, 82 feet by 34 feet 6 inches. It is built 
of brick, and has a metal roof. The walls are stuccoed on the exterior and plastered 
Otl the '"nterior. 



HISTORY History is the great looking glass through which we may 
hehold, with ancestral eyes, not only the various deeds of 
past ages and the odd accidents that attend time, but also 
discover the different humors of mcn.—Houtll. 




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MUSIC AND AMUSEMENTS . 

Music will be one of the most attractive features of the Exposition, 
and the most talented organizations in the country have been engaged. 
Among them are Bellstedt and Ballenberg of Cincinnati, Victor 
Herbert's (Gilmore's) Twenty-second Regiment Band of New York, 
the celebrated Innes, the Conternos, the Mexican National Band, and 
others whose engagements extend over periods from two to five weeks. 
Organ recitals will be given in the Auditorium on a magnificent 
instrument, of the Hook & Hastings manufacture. A series of 
concerts in the Woman's Building has also been arranged, and morning, 
afternoon, and evening the air will be filled with melody. 



MUSIC Music is the inarticulate speech of the heart, which can 
not be compressed into words, because it is infinite.— 
Wagner, 




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COMMERCE 

What was known at the World's Fair as the Manufactures and 
Liberal Arts Building has been appropriately designated in the Ten- 
nessee Centennial group as the Commerce Building, and in it are 
exhibited the products of the Liberal Arts. It is the largest and 
most commodious, as it is one of the most striking of all the Exposition 
structures. It is 591 feet long and 256 feet wide. The interior is 
divided into aisles and a nave, the former being 25 feet and the latter 
45 feet high. The central pavilion is two stories in height, the second 
story forming a gallery on either side, 141 x 160 feet, overlooking the 
nave, and is reached by four broad stairways, one at each end of the 
four corners. The general style is based on the Corinthian and Ionic 
orders of the Graeco- Roman. Over the central pavilion a dome rises to 
a height of 175 feet. 



COMMERCE Nature seems to have taken a particular care to dis- 
™ seininate her blessings among the different regions of 
the world, with an ej'e to their mutual intercourse and 
traffic among mankind, that the natives of the several 
parts of the globe might have a kind of dependence 
upon one another, and be united together by their 
coiauiou interest. — Addison. 



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MINERALS AND FORESTRY 

This stately edifice is of the Roman-Doric order of architecture, modified to 
meet the requirements of the heavy exhibits which it is to contain. It is of ample 
proportions, the main building having an available floor space of 65,224 square feet, 
and an annex having a floor space of 11,664 square feet, giving a total floor space of 
76,888 square feet. Besides the floor space, the main building has an altitude of 
sixty- eight feet from floor to roof, and three large porticos which can be utilized for 
exhibits. Within this splendid enclosure the State of Tennessee, alone, exhibits 
specimens of mineral and forest wealth, of which she possesses an abundance never 
yet even approximately estimated, and only partially developed, but known to exceed 
in variety and extent that of many leading nations. This is supplemented by ex- 
tensive and interesting exhibits from several other States. Here are seen in all their 
variety the materials used for constructing every class of human habitation, from the 
humble and happy home of the cabin dweller to the palatial marble mansion of the 
millionaire. The distinguished orator who said that " the quarries of Tennessee could 
easily supply enough marble to pave the Appian Way," might have added that it sur- 
passes in quality and beauty the "Bohemian Girl's" dream of marble halls. The 
cedar of Lebanon, so highly prized by King Solomon, is not to be compared with 
the red cedar of Tennessee and Alabama. Of the thirty-four species and varieties of 
oak indigenous to this section, and many other hardwoods that are abundant, fair 
samples are shown, and among them sections of the giant primeval trees that once 
shaded our fertile lands like the roof of a great temple. 



OOP'S TBMPI/B The groves were God's first temples ; ere man learned 
To hew the shaft and lay the architrave, 
And spread the roof above them— ere he framed 
The lofty vault, to gather and roll back 
The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, 
Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down 
And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks 
Aad sappttcAtioa. —Mry+nL 




WOMAN 

"The natural progress of the works of man is from rudeness to convenience, 
from convenience to elegance, and from elegance to nicety." This law of evolution 
has been beautifully illustrated at the Tennessee Centennial, where a pioneer's cabin 
of cedar logs, furnished with spinning-wheel, hand-loom and other implements of 
woman's work, in the earliest period of the country's history, are in striking contrast 
to the elegant structure containing all the appliances of modern convenience, and 
the triumphs of modern art, known as the Woman's Building. This building, 
160x65 feet, is at the southwest of the Auditorium. It is modeled somewhat after 
the Hermitage, the home of Andrew Jackson, and to this design some features of 
Grecian architecture have been added with pleasing effect. Eight massive columns 
support the roof, which is surmounted by an observatory. A flight of six steps of 
Tennessee marble, each thirty-five feet long, leads to the entrance of the building, 
and on either side of this is a magnificent iron vase of unique and handsome work- 
manship, filled with palms and flowering plants. As fitting links between the primi- 
tive chairs and tables of the pioneer's cabin and the artistic and luxurious draperies 
and furnishings of the parlors in the Woman's Building, a Colonial sitting-room, the 
exact reproduction of a room in a house owned by the poet Longfellow, and once 
used by General Washington as his headquarters; and a Colonial bed room, in which 
every piece of furniture, the mantel and ornaments, are of historic value. Thus have 
the noble women of Tennessee completed the chain which connects the history of 
the settlement on the Cumberland with the present city of Nashville. 



WOMAN The hand that hath made you fair hath made you 
food ; the goodness that is cheap in beauty makes 
beauty brief in goodness ; but grace, beiug the soul of 
your complexion, should keep the body of it ever fair. 
— Shakespeare. 




LAKE KATHERINE 

One of the brightest and most delightful pictures to be seen 
anywhere in Exposition Park is that presented to the visitor imme- 
diately he passes under the stately arches of the main entrance. 
It is Lake Katherine and its immediate surroundings. Everyone 
instinctively pauses on the bridge that spans Lake Katherine to 
admire this bit of nature, which was ''created — not made." Cock- 
rill Springs, from which will be supplied pure, health-giving drink- 
ing water during the continuance of the Exposition, is the source 
also of the supply of water forming Lake Katherine and Lake 
Watauga. It is a never-failing fountain both winter and summer, 
and on the placid bosom of beautiful Lake Katherine are always 
reflected the overhanging boughs and branches of the trees that 
stand like sentinels on the banks between which "the waters flow." 
Here the weary will rest and the pensive dream, when life is at its 
highest in the beautiful " New White City." 



The summer dawn's reflected hue 

To purple changed I,och Katrine blue ; 

Mildly and soft the western breeze 

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— Walter Scott. 



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CHILDREN 

The first suggestion of a Centennial was so promptly met by the 
young children of the State, that a special building for their use was 
at once decided upon. Under the direction of wise and systematic 
leadership, the little ones went to work at once, and, as a result, they 
succeeded in raising a sufficient sum of money to pay for erecting their 
building. The design for the Children's Building is chaste, and the 
interior arrangement is admirably suited for their needs. It was the 
intention of the management to make the Children's Building, and the 
well-shaded plot surrounding it, a paradise for the future Knights and 
Ladies of Tennessee, and this intention has been fully realized. The 
suggestion for the chimes in the Auditorium tower also came first from 
the children. 



CHILDREN Ye are better than all the ballads 
That ever were sung or said, 
For ye are living poems, 

And all the rest are dead. 

— Longfellow. 



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THE RIALTO 

The faithful reproduction of the Rialto at the Tennessee Centennial 
ana international Exposition delights the lettered and the unlettered 
— the traveled and the untraveled. Though not surrounded by so much 
hoary grandeur as the original, the imitation is happily placed in an 
atmosphere every whit as pleasant, and surely more entrancing. It 
spans Lake Watauga as the Rialto of Venice and Shakespeare spans the 
Grand Canal, and in Nashville, as in Venice, it is an object of interest 
to the architect as well as to the student of history. As an object- 
lesson for American youth, studying at once the story of Watauga and 
of the Republic of Venice, it is invaluable. To the fortunate ones 
who have passed under the arches that once knew Shylock, it will recall 
precious memories of Venice ; while to all who have yet to realize that 
expectation fair, it will afford a pleasant foretaste of sweet enjoyments 
still in store for them. 



VBNICB 

AND THE RIALTO 



But unto us she hath a spell beyond 

Her name in story, and her long array 

Of mighty shadows, whose dim forms despond 
Above the dogeless city's vanished sway ; 

Ours is a trophy which will not decay 

With the Rialto ; Shylock and the Moor, 

And Pierre, can not be swept or worn away — 

The keystone of the arch ! though all were o'er, 
For us repeopled were the solitary shore. 

— Bvron. 



AGRICULTURE 

The products of the field will be displayed in what many will con- 
sider the gem of the Exposition group of buildings. It is in Renais- 
sance style of architecture, and the dimensions are five hundred by 
two hundred feet. It has a central dome rising to a height of one 
hundred feet, while six minor domes balance and lend an indescribable 
charm to the whole. The four entrances lead under triumphal arches, 
embellished with carving and surmounted by statuary. The domes are 
partly constructed of opaque glass, which, with the plentiful supply of 
windows, pour a flood of light on the exhibits. The location of the 
building on the grounds is such that its classical lines and fine 
proportions may be seen to splendid advantage from all directions. 
The Agriculture Building is admirably adapted for a magnificent elec- 
trical display, and the management has made the most of it, showing 
not only the full power of electric lighting, but of electrical decoration. 



AGRICULTURB And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could 
make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow 
upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, 
would deserve better of mankind and do more essen- 
tial service to his country, than the whole race oi' poli- 
ticians put together.— Dean Swift. 



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MACHINERY 

Utility and beauty are happily united in the Machinery Building, 
thus satisfying at once the artistic tastes and the practical demands of a 
utilitarian age. Solidity and force, combined with the most subtle and 
delicate outlines and proportions, rendered the Parthenon the most per- 
fect Doric type, while in modern art the famous Propylaeum at Munich 
ranks high as the most scholarly example in the revival of Greek Doric. 
In the Machinery Building, which contains the evidences and instru- 
ments of the material greatness of to-day, the author offers a design 
which, with the Parthenon as a prototype and the Propylaeum as a com- 
ponent part, will satisfy in outline and detail the most fastidious tastes 
in architectural art. In order that the building may be pleasant on warm 
days, and to make a more perfect classification, no steam will be admitted, 
but the boilers and great engines are in the power station, some distance 
away. The building measures 375 by 138 feet. In general appearance 
there is a similarity to the Transportation Building, and it occupies a 
corresponding position to that edifice across Lake Watauga. An 
esplanade, with handsome urns of tropical plants, extends entirely 
around the building. 



MACHINFRY There is this immense benefit in machinery, that it 
carries on those operations which debase the mind 
and injure the faculties. A man, by constantly per- 
forming the same operations, becomes unfit for any 
other. Machinery requires attention and intellectual 
exertion, and bodily labor of various kinds. — Sir H. 
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One of the many resting places for the sightseer will be Gourd 
Arbor. It is a long avenue leading from the main entrance of the Audi- 
torium to the open walks of the western part of the Park, and is covered 
with a light, airy framework which supports a profusion of vines filled 
with Southern gourds and beautiful flowers. It will be an inviting 
spot for every lover of comfort as well as every lover of romance, while 
to the knightly gallant and the " queen of coquetry " it will be a sweet 
trysting place. Maturity and age will find its repose and shade restful 
and refreshing, and its dreamy, poetic surroundings will remind them 
of a happy past, and suggest a still happier future. 



NATURE Nature ! My mother, Nature ! As the infant in the 
harsh slavery of schools pines for home, I yearn within 
the dark walls of cities, and amid the hum of unfamiliar 
men, for thy sweet embrace, and thy bosom whereon 
to lay my head, and weep wild tears at my will.- 
Buhver Lytton. 



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NEGRO 

The white race of the South has generously and wisely aided the 
Negro race to solve the problem of self-help, and it is pleasant to note 
that many Negro leaders have met the advances of their former masters 
in a gratifying spirit of thankfulness, and have utilized the advantages 
afforded them with surprising intelligence. The Southland is dotted 
with free schools for the Negro youth, cheerfully provided by Southern 
whites, a proof not only of their good will, but of their appreciation of 
the value of education as a necessary qualification for citizenship. 
In like manner has the white race sought to be helpful in promoting the 
material advancement of the Negro, and the latest evidence of this is 
now given by the management of the Tennessee Centennial and Inter- 
national Exposition. 

A structure which is known as the Negro Building is one of the most 
attractive in the Exposition, and occupies a delightful and commanding 
position on the east bank of Lake Watauga. It well accommodates the 
vast variety of exhibits which the Negro race of America has decided to 
display to the world. The purpose of this department is to show the 
progress of the Negro race in America from the old plantation days to 
the present. The collection of and preparation for exhibits of work 
done by Negroes in all walks of life was in progress systematically for 
months, and by far the most complete display of this character ever 
made is the result. 



FRBEDOM'S FLOWER Thy sacred leaves, yon Freedom's Flower. 
Shall ever float on dome and tower, 
To all their heavenly colors true, 
To blackening frost or crimson dew ; 
And God loves us as we love thee, 
Thrice holy Flower of Liberty ; 
Then hail the banner of the free, 
The starry Flower of Liberty ! 

— 'Oliver Wendell Holmes. 



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This building, which is in the Renaissance style of architecture, is situated 
between the Agriculture and Transportation Buildings, on the northern boundary of 
Exposition Park. The location is in every way admirable, but it is peculiarly for- 
tunate on account of its proximity to the model shops of the Nashville, Chattanooga 
& St. Louis Railway. It is intended as the terminal statiou for the steam railways 
approaching the Exposition grounds, and also for the exhibits to be made by several 
of the great Southern railways. It is one hundred feet square, and the lower floor is 
occupied by Plant's System of Railways, the Georgia Railroad Company, and the 
Southern Railway Company. The upper floor is occupied by the Nashville, Chatta- 
nooga & St. Louis Railway Company. 

The exhibit of the Plant System is in the center of the first or ground floor, while 
the Georgia Railroad Company and the Southern Railway Company occupy respect- 
ively the eastern and western sections of the same floor. Each of these great com- 
panies exhibits the products, in their crude state, from every county through which 
it passes. In short, they present their respective roads in miniature, and furnish 
valuable and interesting data relative to the country they traverse, or which is tribu- 
tary to their respective lines. The exhibits in this building thoroughly illustrate the 
evolution ot the railroad and telegraph systems of the country, their progress and 
advancement, from the first introduction of the telegraph and from the firing of the 
first locomotive, up to the present time. This building has been provided with every 
comfort and convenience. Ticket offices and turnstiles are conveniently and admir- 
ably located. A music stand has been provided, and one of the best bands in the 
country will be always in attendance. In the lobby and waiting rooms comfortable 
seats will be found, and there passengers from incoming and outgoing trains can wit- 
ness the interesting spectacle of the passing crowd. It is a model of convenience, 
clean and well ventilated, and, on the whole, in keeping with its beautiful and artistic 
surroundings. 

Accommodations are so ample and track facilities so admirable that crowds visit- 
ing the Exposition can be handled without discomfort or danger to any one. The 
fare is but five cents each way to and from Nashville. In addition to the steam rail- 
ways, four lines of electric street railways run into the Exposition Park. At every 
point every facility is provided for handling the crowds rapidly, and yet without 
discomfort. 

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 

When the United States undertakes to supply ways and means to aid any 
public enterprise of national importance, it is never niggardly or ineffective in its 
work. For the Tennessee Centennial Exposition it has done a great part. 

The provision by Congress for the admission, free of duty, of goods from foreign 
countries intended for exhibition, and the transmission by the Department of State 
of this information to all foreign governments, was the inducement that led many of 
them to participate. The result of this is seen in the foreign section of the Com- 
merce Building. 

But the great work done by Congress was in making an appropriation of $130,- 
000, of which $30,000 was expended for the beautiful Government Building on the 
grounds, and $ 100,000 has been spent in the complete exemplification of the workings 
of the various departments of the Government. This exhibit is an educational one 
throughout, and in every department affords material for prolonged study. A thorough 
understanding of this building would be equivalent to more than a year of education 
in any school or university. It is needless to say that this is one of the most inter- 
esting and valuable features of the entire Exposition. 

The building is 350 by 150 feet, in the form of a cross, surmounted by a dome 
fifty feet high. The display is on an elaborate scale, and is truly representative of 
the wealth and greatness of the Government in every department. Dr. Charles W. 
Dabney, the head of the Government Board, had previous experience in making up 
the exhibit at Atlanta, and has profited by it to prepare the most striking exhibit that 
could have been made for the money. It is the wonder of every visitor, and the 
building is never without an admiring group in every part. The workings of the 
Weather Service, of the Postoffice Department, of the Bureau of Printing and Engrav- 
ing, and of the Fish Commission, are all shown by working exhibits. 



OUR NATIVB I^AND A man's love for his native land lies deeper than any 

logical expression, among those pulses of the heart 

which vibrate to the sanctities of home, and to the 
thoughts which leap up from his fathers' graves. — 
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VANDERBILT 

The bronze statue of the late Commodore Vanderbilt, of New York, the generous 
founder of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, by Moretti, will be unveiled 
in the Parthenon at the Centennial Exposition October II. On the occasion of the 
unveiling, Mr. Chauncey M. Depew will deliver an oration upon the life and character 
of his friend and client. After the close of the Exposition the statue will be perma- 
nently placed on the campus of Vanderbilt University, an institution that owes its 
existence to his munificence and foresight. 

PHILANTHROPY Those who j?ive not till they die, 

Show that they would not then. 

If thev could keep it any longer. 

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EXPOSITION PARK 

The site of the Exposition is a magnificent tract of highly-improved blue-grass 
land, lying in the immediate suburbs of Nashville. This property is delightfully 
elevated and shaded with trees of mature growth. It contains two hundred acres, 
every foot of it available, and experts in such matters have pronounced it superior to 
the site of any exposition ever held. It is easily accessible by three electric lines and 
by one steam railway, and for those who do not mind a short walk, the grounds are 
easily reached from the heart of the city within fifteen minutes. A stranger starting 
from any one of the principal hotels needs only to keep straight on in a westerly 
direction through Church Street, the principal thoroughfare of the city, and with 
scarcely a deflection from the main road, after fifteen minutes' walk, he is face to face 
with the gates of the Centennial Exposition. 

The location of the Centennial Exposition Park is admirable also by reason of 
its interesting and attractive surroundings. North of the Park are the shops of the 
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, having grounds beautifully laid out with 
walks, flower-beds and fountains. Adjoining the Exposition on the west is what is 
known as West End Park — a place laid out at great cost for high-class suburban 
residences. To the east there are many stately old houses situated in the center of 
thickly-wooded estates, typical of the South in the palmy days of ease and luxury. 
South of the Centennial Park is Vanderbilt University, with its extensive campus, 
which grows in beauty each succeeding year. This beautiful campus is to be 
enriched this year by the addition of a bronze statue of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the 
generous founder of the University that bears his name. This statue will be 
unveiled at Exposition Park on October n, with appropriate ceremonies, in which 
Mr. Chauncey M. Depew will participate as the orator of the occasion. Beyond the 
Centennial grounds to the southwest lies the famed Belle Meade stock farm, once the 
property of Gen. W. G. Harding, and now owned by his distinguished son-in-law, 
Gen. Wm. H. Jackson. This vast demesne of 4,500 acres unites with its genial 
atmosphere of ante-bellum times the improvements and customs of to-day. In all the 
Southland nature could present no more pleasing composite of "past and present." 



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TRANSPORTATION 

The Transportation Building is remarkable for its expressive poetic 
simplicity. Without the use of a single column, but merely in the art- 
istic grouping of the masses and proportioning has this very pleasing 
effect been obtained. The most refined classic style of structural orna- 
mentation is brought into relief by the wall surface, to which it lends 
beauty and charm in return. 

This building, situated in the northwestern section of Centennial 
Park, and near the Railway Exhibits and Terminal Station Building, 
has a frontage of four hundred feet and a depth of one hundred and 
twenty-five feet. Railroad tracks run through the building, and the 
doors at the north end will admit engines and trains. On these tracks 
are seen the finest "drivers," day coaches, and sleeping cars in exist- 
ence. The balance of the floor space has been divided into blocks of 
convenient size for the installation of other exhibits under this classifi- 
cation, including wagons, carriages, bicycles, and every other kind of 
vehicle, and all the space is filled. 



TRAVIS I, As the Spanish proverb says, " He who would bring home 
the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the 
Indies with him." So it is in traveling; a man must 
carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowl- 
edge.— Johnson. 



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HYGIENE DEPARTMENT 

In recent years the more progressive governments of Europe 
have been brought to see, as great educators of the people, the 
value of hygienic expositions held within their respective domains. 
By such object lessons the masses have been impressed with the 
importance of those principles which, when intelligently applied, 
secure to the individual and also to the home and civic life, both 
in city and State, health and effectiveness. 

Among the great expositions which have been held in America 
up to this time it has been reserved for Tennessee to give that 
distinctive prominence to this vital feature, and which has been so 
amply done in her Centennial. A separate Department of Hygiene 
has been created, the coequal of any of the other thirteen grand sub- 
divisions of the Exposition, with Dr. J. D. Plunket as its Chief; 
and for its use a beautifully designed, quadrangular building, Renais- 
sance in style, has been erected near the center of the grounds, 
which will be used also by the Education Department. 

Here is grouped one of the most unique, attractive and instructive 
exhibits ever placed before the American public. 



mSAI/TH Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments 
of life.— Sir W. Temple. 



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EDUCATION 

The demand for space in which to make their exhibits from the educational 
institutions of Tennessee was so great that the original plan for the Educational exhibit 
to be made in the gallery of the Commerce Building was necessarily abandoned, and 
a special structure was decided upon and is now in course of construction. This 
structure, to be known as the Hygiene and Educational Building, is in the Renaissance 
style of architecture. It is 144 by 144 feet, and the height of ceiling thirty feet. 
The front elevation is uniform on the four sides, with an entrance from each. The 
provisions for ventilation and light have been carefully studied, and every part of the 
exhibition hall is equally available. Nearly every educational institution in the State is 
represented, including the public and private, sectarian and non-sectarian schools, as 
well as its colleges and universities. A spirit of rivalry has been aroused, and it can 
be truthfully stated that the Educational exhibit is of a most unique and comprehen- 
sive character. Dr. \V. L. Dudley, of Vanderbilt University, is Chairman of the 
Educational Committee, and he and his associates have been untiring in their 
efforts to make this department under their charge in every way creditable to the 
Centennial and to the State. The Catholic educational institutions of Tennessee 
have placed the supervision and arrangement of their exhibit in the charge of Rev. 
Brother Maurelian, President of the Christian Brothers, and one of the best known 
educators in the country. Brother Maurelian held a similar position at the World's 
Fair Chicago, where the Catholic educational exhibit attracted much attention and 
elicited universal praise. 



EDUCATION The real object of education is to give children resources 
~" that will endure as long as life endures ; habits that time 
will ameliorate, not destroy; occupation that will render 
sickness tolerable, solitude pleasant, age venerable, life 
more dignified and useful and death less terrible.— Syd- 
ney Smith. 



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NEW YORK 

The Empire State has erected a building on Capitol Avenue as head- 
quarters, which is at once imposing and comfortable in appearance. It 
is a conspicuous figure in the group of State buildings, the red dome 
rising above the surrounding buildings and first catching the eye of the 
visitor. Inside there is a beautiful reception hall, the open dome above, 
the wall decoration being red and white, the red of a cool shade, and the 
effect charming. To the right there is a reading and resting-room for 
ladies, with wide low chairs, cushioned divans, a center- table full of the 
latest literature, and all the conveniences which visitors could ask. On 
the other side there is a reading-room for gentlemen, with all the latest 
metropolitan papers and every requisite for enjoyment and restful 
leisure. A bountiful supply of ice water adds to the attractions of the 
warm day. The building is surrounded by broad piazzas, where the sun 
never penetrates, and where an easy chair is in every available place. 
For viewing dress parades and for genuine restfulness, the building 
has no superior. It is opposite the Press Building, on Capitol Avenue. 



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MEMPHIS 

The citizens of Shelby County, Tennessee, alive to the importance 
and fully appreciating the propriety of substantial representation at the 
Tennessee Centennial Exposition , wisely decided upon a structure that 
would be at once significant and novel. The busy and historic capital 
of Shelby County bears the great name of ancient Memphis, and the 
Pyramid of Cheops therefore furnished a happy suggestion for a building 
that would be at once identified as the rendezvous and the exhibition 
place of the Centennial visitors from the Bluff City. In designing this 
building it was the idea of Mr. Cook, the architect, that it should not 
stand alone for an exhibition of the products and resources of Shelby 
County, but also be in itself an exhibition of Egyptian architecture and 
of the decorative art of the pyramid period of five thousand years ago. 

It is an object-lesson of that time, with all of the ancient splendor 
of the race. Nothing of the kind has ever before been attempted, and 
Shelby County stands alone in producing an exhibition of remote art 
which to the visitor will not only be attractive but also highly instruct- 
ive ; for it is from the Egyptian that has been gotten most of the founda- 
tion for what is known in the arts and sciences of to-day. The visitor 
interested in archaeology will find in it much to admire and study. 



ARCHITECTURE Architecture is the printing press of all ages, and gives 
a history of the state of society in which it was 
erected. — Lady Morgan. 



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ENNESSEE QnTENNIAL 

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The Knoxville Building is the Cincinnati Building's vis-a-vis 
on Capitol Avenue, and is designed not only as headquarters for 
Knoxville visitors, but also to contain many choice exhibits of the 
products of East Tennessee. This building has two stories, and 
is in the Romanesque style of architecture. The imposing entrance 
is adorned- with beautiful panel and relief work, and a Corinthian 
cornice extends around the building. The observatories at each 
corner, in addition to being attractive, add to the utility of the 
design, and will be useful during military displays. 



ENNESSEE (jNTENNIAL 

NASHVILLE 

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ILLINOIS 

The building erected by the State of Illinois is a miniature repro- 
duction of the Administration Building at the World's Fair, Chicago. 
It is built to exactly one-sixth the scale of the original, and is used as 
headquarters for Illinois visitors. The beautiful statuary that adorned 
the Administration Building at Chicago, through the kindness of the 
Curators of the Columbia Museum, adorns the Illinois Building at the 
Tennessee Centennial Exposition. This exquisite structure has a com- 
manding position at the end of Capitol Avenue, and is in full view of the 
Hialto and the Parthenon. 



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The first building on the south side of Capitol Avenue after cross- 
ing the Rialto is the comfortable and inviting rendezvous erected by the 
people of Cincinnati. The building is one-story in height, and of pure 
white staff. Plain and simple in design and arrangement, its chief 
attraction is the broad piazza with which the entire building is sur- 
rounded, supported 03' massive-looking pillars. The building proper 
contains but one large room, known as the reception hall. It is 
twenty by thirty feet in dimension. On the one side of this reception 
hall is the ladies' room, and on the opposite a room for gentlemen. 

The piazzas vary in width from ten feet at the front and rear 
entrances to twenty feet at the ends of the building, where they are 
circular in form. 



LOUISVILLE 



The Louisville Building adjoins that erected by the State of New 
York, situated on the north side of Capitol Avenue. It is in the 
Colonial style of architecture, and its dimensions are sixty feet across 
the front and fifty feet deep. A wide veranda, the roof of which is 
supported by heavy pillars, extends around both sides of the building 
and in front. The corners of the veranda are open, so that a splendid 
promenade is afforded. 

Over the front of the building is emblazoned the word, " Kentucky," 
out of compliment to the State, and beneath this, over the main entrance, 
are the words, "Louisville Building." The front of the building is 
beautifully carved. 

The interior of the building is divided into a large reception room, 
twenty-five feet square, and toilet rooms for ladies and gentlemen. To 
the rear of the room is placed the Superintendent's desk. Four large 
French windows, extending 4 rom floor to ceiling, afford openings on both 
sides of the building to the veranda. Doors open both front and back, 
so that during the Exposition drafts can be created in both directions, 
thus insuring comfort during the summer weather. Here is dispensed 
the hospitality for which Kentucky is famous the world over. 








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"Here We Rest" is the motto 
over the inviting entrance of the 
Alabama Building, and it is an in- 
vitation often accepted. The build- 
ing is a beautiful structure of Ala- 
bama pine, finished inside and out 
with that beautiful product of the 
State, and stands in a conspicu- 
ous position at the head of Capi- 
tol Avenue. It looks cool on 
the warmest days, and the ample 
porches, broad hall, and cosy, cool 
reception room remind one forcibly 
of an old-time Southern home. The 
furnishings are neat and plain, of 
the most restful character, w r ith an 
abundance of comfortable seats. 
The building itself is a striking ex- 
hibit of the capabilities of pine in 
the line of finishing up a modern 
home. As Tennessee's nearest 
neighbor on the South, Alabama 
showed a strong friendliness from 
the first towards the Exposition, 
and not only sent displays of her 
resources to the exhibit buildings 
for the world to see, but provided a 
home for Alabama visitors to the 
Exposition, and for their friends. 
There have been many pleasant par- 
ties there, many acquaintances 
renewed and many friendships 
formed. 



In the Alamo every Tennessean 
is interested as much as every 
Texan. The story of Davy Crock- 
ett's brave fight against awful odds 
and of his heroic death in the Alamo 
tells one of the brave deeds of history 
of which each succeeding genera- 
tion will hear with new surprise 
and admiration. Tennesseans won 
the independence of Texas, and so, 
when a Texas building at the Ten- 
nessee Centennial was proposed, the 
idea naturally suggested itself of 
reproducing the Alamo. The build- 
ing is now complete, resembling in 
form and color the old mission 
where the great fight was fought. 
It stands on Capitol Avenue, be- 
tween the Cincinnati Building and 
the Press Building, and is the cen- 
ter of a great deal of interest. The 
barred windows, the curious front, 
the ornamentation and every detail 
is the cause of comment, and, alto- 
gether, no building on Capitol Ave- 
nue attracts more attention. The 
interior is inspected with interest 
as great as if it were the veritable 
scene of the great fight, instead of 
a reproduction. 

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CENTEMNIAL CLUB HOUSE 



The beautiful building erected by the West Side Park Driving Club 
has been greauy improved, and is now used as the Centennial Club 
House. Situated at tne most favorable point for viewing the grounds, 
its broad and delightfully shaded balconies afford the most pleasant 
resting place on me gxor nd. Here is a splendid cafe, and here have 
been entertained President McKinley and his Cabinet, the numerous 
visiting Governors and their Staffs, and a large number of other distin- 
guished guests. It is at all times a cool and restful retreat. Even in 
the group of much admired Centennial structures, it never fails to 
attract attention. 




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The largest club in Nashville is "The Hermitage," and it occupies the stately 
structure ou North High Street, used during the war as the military headquarters of 
Buell, Grant, Thomas and Rousseau. Its membership numbers 250. Mr. Van Leer 
Kirkman is President and Mr. \V. P. Tanner, Secretary. The Standard Club is com- 
posed exclusively of representative men of the Hebrew race, and it has 100 members. 
Its club house is located on Spruce Street, between Church and Broad. Mr. Ben 
Herman is the President and Mr. Lee Loventhal, Secretary. The University Club is 
what its name indicates. The membership is limited to 100. It occupies the old 
John M. Hill residence on Church Street, near Vine. Dr. R. L. C. White is the Pres- 
ident and Mr. Chas. C. Trabue, Secretary. 

CI, UBS Man is said to be a sociable animal, and, as an instance of it, we may observe, 

"~^~ ~~" that we take all occasions and pretenses of forming ourselves into those little 

assemblies which are commonly known by the name of clubs. When a set of 

mea agree in any particular, they form themselves into a kind of fraternity 

and meet upon account of such fantastic resemblaeces.— Artlit em 



VANITY FAIR 



"Vanity Fair" is the name given to that portion of the Tennessee 
Centennial Exposition Park that may be termed the amusement section, 
and which at the World's Fair was called the " Midway Plaisance." In 
securing features for this important section of the Exposition, it has been 
a matter of selection and not of solicitation. The list of attractions 
already placed by far exceeds any similar list ever presented to the 
public, the great World's Fair itself being no exception. In the list 
there is no Ferris Wheel, but a new invention equally as stupendous, 
the Giant See-Saw ; then there is Shoot the Chute, Chinese Village 
and Beauty Show, Cuban-Spanish Village, Japanese Village, Cyclorama 
of Gettysburg, Caboret du Neant, Edison's Mirage, Vaudeville Theater, 
Palace of Illusions, Mystic Maze, Ostrich Farm, the Visage, Colorado 
Gold Mine, Old Plantation, Animal Show, Streets of Cairo, Moorish 
Palace, Haunted Swing, Electric Carousal, Whaleback Seawave, Electric 
Scenic Theater, Pompey's Pillar, Camera Obscura, Money Illusion, Log 
Cabin Homes of Davis and Lincoln, Venetian Canal, Shooting Gallery, 



and the X-Ray Machines. A number of these attractions are presented 
to the public for the first time. 

Vanity Fair occupies the western corner of the Park, beyond the line 
of the Commerce and Transportation Buildings. From the rear of the 
Commerce Building a three-hundred-foot-wide and quarter-of-a-mile-long 
avenue sweeps around the base of a hill, the site of the great Casino. 
This is the main street, but lower down, between the street and the 
Transportation Building, there is an ample triangle, containing a two- 
hundred-foot ring for public shows, bordered on either side by a wide 
street, on the far side of which are lots for buildings for amusement and 
refreshment purposes. Space is allotted by the Committee on Privileges 
and Concessions. 

It will be observed, by reference to the list of attractions, that the 
distinctly educational element predominates. Electricity plays a most 
important part, and the numerous applications of it is a study in itself. 
The "X-Rays," whose wonders recently astounded the civilized world, 
will be seen with all their marvelous effects, and all that is new in the 
application of the kinetoscope or vitascope will be thoroughly explained. 
The recent triumphs of Edison are fully presented, and the collection of 
novelties is bewildering in its magnificence. 



VANITY FAIR Yes, this is Vanity Fair I .... A man with a reflective 
turn of mind, walking through an exhibition of this sort, 
will not be impressed, I take it, by his own or other people's 
hilarity. An episode of humor or kindness touches and 
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Nashville has long enjoyed the distinction of heing a city of schools, li b s 
sectarian and non-sectarian schools, colleges and universities. College life and college 
influence have done much to place worth above wealth in the community. Great 
philanthropists have kindly remembered Nashville in the generous endowment of 
Vanderbilt University, Peabody Normal College, and Fisk University 



I/EARNINO " We must sow the seeds and tend the growth, if we would 
enjoy the flower." — Emils Souvestre, 



THE OLD AND THE NEW 




THE NEW STATE HOUSE 




WHERE THE FIRST LEGISLATURE THAT MET IN NASHVILLE WAS CONVENED. 
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DISTANCE FROM NASHVILLE, TEN N ESSEE 



Next to Virginia, the State of Tennessee was the .most active 
theater of the great war between the State's. At least three hundred 
thousand Union soldiers were either on the march or were in camp 
within the boundary lines of Tennessee. The battles of the war most 
decisive in their results, and the bloodiest, were fought upon Tennessee 
soil. A fact of singular interest, generally overlooked, is the applica- 
tion of the name of Tennessee, and of its two most important rivers, to 
the great armies North and South. The great divisions of the Union 
army, for example, were known as the "Army of the Tennessee," the 
"Army of the Potomac," the "Army of the Cumberland," and the 
44 Army of the Mississippi," while the great divisions of the Southern 
army were known as the "Army of Northern Virginia " and the " Army 
of Tennessee." The army of the West was known as the " Army of 
Tennessee," and the army of the East the "Army of Northern Vir- 
ginia." The army of the West was confronted by the "Army of the 
Cumberland," the "Army of the Tennessee," and the "Army of the 
Mississippi." 

It may be well to bear in mind that the Northern armies were 
nnmod for rivers, while the Southern armies were named for States. 



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Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Orchard Knob, and Missionary Ridge, Novem- 
ber 23 to 25, 1863. 

Battle among the Clouds, November 24, 1863. 

Black House, No. 2, Mill Creek, Chattanooga, December 2 and 3, 1864. 

Wauhatchie, October 27, 1863. 

Distance from Nashville, 151 miles, via Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis 
Railway. Three trains daily. Time from Nashville, about five hours. 



Franklin and Little Harpeth, March 25, 1863. 
Franklin and Harpeth River, April 10, 1863. 
Franklin, June 4, 1863, and December 17, 1864. 
Spring Hill and Franklin, November 29 and 30, 1864. 
Thompson Station and Spring Hill, March 4 and 5, 1863. 
Brentwood, March 25, 1863. 

Distance from Nashville ■ Brentwood, nine miles ; Franklin, eighteen miles, 
via Louisville & Nashville Railroad. 



Fort Donelson, February 14, 15 and 16, 1862, and October 11, 1864. 

Fort Donelson and Cumberland Iron Works, August 25 and 26, 1862, and 
February 3, 1863. 

Reached from Nashville via boat on Cumberland River, or by railroad to Cum- 
berland City, Tenn., on Memphis branch of Louisville & Nashville Railroad, and 
thence by stage, a distance of seventeen miles, to Dover, Tenn. The distance by 
river is one hundred miles, and by rail and stage ninety-nine miles. 



Gallatin, August 12 and 13, 1862. 

Distance from Nashville, twenty-six miles, via Louisville & Nashville Railroad. 
Time from Nashville, one hour. 

Murfreesboro, July 13, 1862, and December 5 to 8, 1864. 

Murfreesboro or Stone River, December 31, 1862, to January 2, 1863. 

Rosecrans' campaign from Murfreesboro to Tullahoma, with engagements at 

Middleton, Hoover's Gap, Beech Grove, Liberty Gap, and Gray's Gap, June 
23 to 30, 1863. 

Readyville or Round Hill (east of Murfreesboro), August 28, 1862. 

Distance from Nashville : Murfreesboro, thirty-two miles ; Tullahoma, sixty- 
nine miles, via Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway. 



Woodbury, January 24, 1863. 

Woodbury and Snow Hill, April 2 and 3, 1863. 

Bradyville, March 1, 1863. 

Twelve miles east of Murfreesboro, via stage. 



Pittsburg Landing, March 2, 1862. 
Adamsville or Crump's Landing, April 4, 1862. 
Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing, April 6 and 7, 1862. 
Savannah, April 16, 1862. 

Monterey (near Shiloh), April 28, 1862 ; May 13, 1862. 

Reached from Nashville via Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway to 
Johnsonville, and by boats on Tennessee River. Distance to Savannah, 129 miles. 



NATIONAL CEMETERIES IN TENNESSEE 

LOCATION. POSTOFFICE ADDRESS. INTERMENTS. 

Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tenn 13,001 

Fort Donelson Dover, Tenn 669 

Knoxville Knoxville, Tenn 3 , 155 

Memphis Memphis, Tenn 13 ,981 

Nashville Madison, Tenn 16,533 

Pittsburg Landing or Shiloh, Tenn . . .Hamburg, Tenn 3 , 596 

Stone River, Tenn Murfreesboro, Tenn 6 , 145 

Total 57 ,080 

Total interments in all national cemeteries throughout the United States 320,000 



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CEDAR AVENUE, LEADING TO ANDREW JACKSON'S DYVEUVNG. 

THE HERMITAGE 

Rightly named is the home of Andrew Jackson. Situated twelve 
miles from Nashville, far back from the Lebanon pike, the main road, 
it is a fitting place for the pilgrim who wishes to bow his head at the 
hearthstone of greatness. Through the untiring and praiseworthy 
efforts of the Ladies' Hermitage Association, the majestic old retreat 
has been restored to much of its former grandeur, and it will ever be a 
matter of pride with the sons and daughters of the State, to preserve 
the house that sheltered the living, and the grave that holds the ashes 
of the dead Jackson. 



THE HERO His work is done ; 

lint while the races of mankind endure 
I y et his great example stand 
Colossal, seen of every land, 

And keep the soldier firm, the statesman pure. 

Till in all lands and thro* all human story 
The path of duty be the way to glory. 

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IN THE SUBURBS 

Around the city of Nashville, like so many decorated spokes 
encircling a hub, are nineteen beautiful roads, leading to green pas- 
tures, plentiful dairies, magnificent stock farms and hospitable country 
homes — homes whose great, broad verandas, inviting entrances and 
sumptuous interiors suggest a hearty ''Salve" to stranger and friend 
alike. 



THE FOREST A song for the beautiful trees, 
- A song for the forest grand. 
The garden of God's own hand, 
The pride of his centuries. 

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CONVENTIONS 

One feature of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition which has done as much as 
any other one thing to direct the attention of the general public to Nashville, has 
been the great numbei of conventions and meetings which have been secured, many 
of which have already held their meetings here. The fact that a great Exposition 
was to be in progress in the city was a potent argument in favor of the selection of 
this city, and the selection has brought to Nashville a vast number of people who 
would not ordinarily have been attracted by any exposition, but, being here, they 
have attended. All have been delighted with it. 

There are constantly new associations and bodies determining to come to Nash- 
ville, and special days are being asked for by many organizations and communities. 
The revised list to date for the remainder of the Exposition period is as follows : 



Sept. i — National Race Council Day. Sept. 

Sept. 2 — Indiana Women Suffragists Association. Sept. 

Sept. 4 — Brandon Training School Day. 

Sept. 6 — Labor Day. Sept. 

Sept. 7 — Iowa Day. Sept. 

Sept. 7, 8, 9 — United States Veterinary Medical Sept. 

Association. Sept. 

Sept. 7, 8, 9 — State Veterinary Medical Associa- 
tion. Sept. 

Sept. 8-10 — American Fruit Growers' Union. Sept. 

Sept. 9 — American Fruit Growers' Day. Sept. 

Sept. 10— Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Day. Sept. 

Sept. 11 — Nashville Day. 

Sept. 13-15 — Southern Irrigation Congress. Sept. 

Sept. 14 — Shelby County Day. 

Sept. 14 — Cotton Day. Sept. 

Sept. 14 — Memphis Day. Sept. 



15 — Business Women's Convocation. 

15, 16, 17 — National Association of Colored 

Women. 

15-17 — Old-time Telegraphers. 

15-18 — National Road Parliament. 

16— Free Home League of Oklahoma Day. 

17 — Physicians and Surgeons' Association 
Day. 

18 — Arkansas Day. 

20 — Young Men's Institute Day. 

21 — Irish-American Day. 

21-23— National Association of Mexican 
War Veterans. 

22 — American Society of Railroad Super- 
intendents. 

22 — Ancient Order United Workmen Day. 
22 — American Forestry Association. 



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Sept. 22— Chattanooga and Hamilton County Day. 

Sept. 22— Woman's Auxiliary to Chicago Cuban 

\j^~\ Committee of One Hundred. 

Sept. 23-26 — National Spiritualists' Grand Mass 
Convention. 

Sept. 24 — Massachusetts Day. 

Sept. 25 — Parthenon Day. 

Sept. 27 — Journeymen Plumbers, Gas Fitters, 
Steam Fitters and Steam Fitters' Helpers 
of the United States and Canada. 

Sept. 29 — Methodist Day. 

Sept. 29 — Alabama Day. 

Sept. 30 — Kate Kirkman Day. 

Sept. 30— Fire Underwriters' Day. 

Oct. 1, 2 — Nineteenth Century Club of Memphis. 

Oct. 1-15 — American Society Religious Educat'n. 

Oct. 4 — Indiana Day. 

Oct. 4, 5, 6 — Art Convocation. 

Oct. 4-8 — National Pythian Press Association. 

Oct. 5 — Rhode Island Day. 

Oct. 5 — Evansville Day. 

Oct. 5-10 — American Society Municipal Improve- 
ments. 

Oct. 6 — Montgomery County Day. 

Oct. 6 — Ward Seminary Day. 

Oct. 6 — German-American Day. 

Oct. 6, 7, 8 — United Typothetae of America. 

Oct. 6-8— American Association of Photo- 
Engravers. 

Oct. 7 — North Carolina Day. 

Oct. 7-9 — Commercial Men's Congress. 

Oct. 7— King's Mountain Day, Daughters of 
American Revolution. 

Oct. 7 — New Jersey Day. 

Oct. 7-10 — Sons and Daughters of the American 
Revolution. 

Oct. 8 — Nebraska Day. 

Oct. 8 — Daughters of the American Revolution 
Day and for the Children of the American 
Revolution Society. 

Oct. 8, 9 — American Association of the State 
Weather Service. 

Oct. 8, 9 — Social Science Convocation. 

Oct. 9 — Chicago Day. 

Oct. 9 — Illinois Day. 

Oct. 11— Vanderbilt Day. 

Oct. 11 — Brooklyn Day. 

Oct. 11, 12 — Authors and Artists' Convocation. 

Oct. 11, 12, 13 — Local Council of Memphis. 



Oct. 12 — Tri-State Medical Society, Alabama. 

Georgia, and Tennessee. 
Oct. 12 — New York State Day. 
Oct. 13— New York City, or Manhattan. Day. 
Oct. 12-15 — American Association of Traveling 

Passenger Agents. 
Oct. 13 — Episcopal Da j'. 
Oct. 13-15 — American Humane Society. 
Oct. 13-15 — Sigma Nu Fraternity. 
Oct. 14 — Masonic Day. 
Oct. 14 — The International Association of Police 

and Fire Telegraph Superintendents. 
Oct. 14, 15 — Watauga Chapter of the Daughters 

of the American Revolution. 
Oct. 15 — Tennessee College Day. 
Oct. 15. 16 — Phi Delta Theta Society. 
Oct. 15, 16 — American Medical Association of 

Colored Physicians. 
Oct. 16 — Meharry Alumni Day. 
Oct. 16— Nashville Club Day. 
Oct. 18 — Colonial Dames. 
Oct. 18 — New Century Day. 
Oct. 18, 19 — Theosophical Society. 
Oct. 18-21— Internal Revenue Employes' National 

Association. 
Oct. 19 — Independent Order Odd Fellows' Day. 
Oct. 19 — Daughters of the American Revolution. 
Oct. 19, 20, 21 — Southern Homeopathic Associa- 
tion. 
Oct. 20— West Virginia Day. 
Oct. 20-23 — General Federation of Women's 

Clubs. 
Oct. 20-24 — Congress of Religions. 
Oct. 21 — Presbyterian Day. 
Oct. 21 — American Warehousemen's Day. 
Oct. 23 — Press Convocation. 
Oct. 25 — Women's National Press Association. 
Oct. 25-27 — National Council of Women. 
Oct. 27— Unveiling of Commodore Vanderbilt's 

Statue. 
October 29-30 — Council of Jewish Women. 

The following meetings will also be 
held here, but no dates are yet given : 

Afro-American Press Association. 

National Young Men's Christian Association, 

Colored. 
American Federation of Labor. 
Conference Charities and Corrections of the 

Southern States. 




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DISTANCES FROM NASHVILLE 



TO- 



MILES. 

Albany, N. Y I »Q39 

Atlanta, Ga 289 

Augusta, Ga 460 

Austin, Texas 8S2 

Atchison, Kan 650 

Baltimore, Md 810 

Baton Rouge, La 586 

Birmingham, Ala 208 

Boston, Mass 1,235 

Bristol, Tenn 393 

Buffalo, N. Y 74i 

Cairo, 111 1 99 

Callahan, Fla 565 

Charleston, S. C 508 

Charlotte, N. C 550 

Charlottesville, Ya 657 

Chattanooga, Tcnn 151 

Chicago, 111 444 

Cincinnati, Ohio 295 

City of Mexico, Mex. : 

Via Laredo 1 ,956 

Via Eagle Pass 2,089 

Via El Paso 2,577 

Cleveland, Ohio 558 

Columbus, Ohio 415 

Corinth, Miss 217 

Corsicana, Texas 725 

Dallas, Texas 720 

Danville, 111 320 

Davenport, la 499 

Dayton, Ohio 354 

Deming, N. M 1,441 

Denver, Col 1,226 

Des Moines, la 661 

Detroit, Mich 562 

Eagle Pass, Texas 997 

El Paso, Texas 1,353 

Evansville, Ind 157 

Fort Scott, Kan 614 

Fort Smith, Ark 530 

Ft. Worth, Texas 738 

Galveston, Texas 902 

Helena, Ark 294 

Helena, Mont 1,863 

Henrietta, Texas 782 

Hot Springs, Ark 433 

Houston, Texas 852 

Indianapolis, Ind 295 

Jackson, Miss 456 

Jacksonville Fla 585 

Kansas City, Mo 593 

Knoxville, Tenn 262 



MILES. 

Lansing, Mich 527 

Leavenworth, Kan 625 

Little Rock, Ark 365 

Los Angeles, Cal 2, 165 

Louisville, Ky 185 

Lynchburg, Va 597 

Laredo, Texas r , 1 1 6 

Macon, Ga 377 

Memphis, Tenn 230 

McGregor, Texas 800 

Milwaukee, Wis 529 

Minneapolis, Minn 846 

Montgomery, Ala 304 

Mobile, Ala 484 

Montreal, Canada 1,120 

New Orleans, La 557 

New York, N. Y 996 

Niagara Falls, N. Y 763 

Norfolk, Va 801 

Ogden, Utah 1,848 

Omaha, Neb 732 

Paducah, Ky 172 

Paris, Texas 614 

Parkersburg, W. Va 490 

Petersburg, Va 720 

Philadelphia, Pa 905 

Pittsburgh, Pa 608 

Portland, Ore 2,637 

Providence, R. I 1,185 

Quebec, Canada T , 2 93 

Raleigh, N. C 662 

Richmond, Va 743 

Roanoke, Va 545 

Rock Island, 111 498 

Sacramento, Cal 2,580 

San Antonio, Texas 963 

Sandusky, Ohio 505 

San Francisco, Cal 2,731 

Savannah, Ga 583 

Seattle, Wash 2,689 

Spokane, Wash 2,245 

St. Augustine, Fla 621 

St. Louis, Mo 320 

St. Paul, Minn 846 

Tacoma, Wash 2,645 

Texarkana, Ark 523 

Terre Haute, Ind 266 

Toledo, Ohio 497 

Topeka, Kan 660 

Toronto, Canada 848 

Washington, D. C 770 

Waco, Texas 781 



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MARKET STREET. LOOKING SOUTH FROM UNION" STREET. 



STREET SCENE IN NASHVILLE 

In other respects, and from a topographical standpoint as well, 
Nashville may be said to stand straight with the rest of the world. 

The streets are regularly and evenly laid out, the principal ones 
running north and south between the Cumberland River and the Cen- 
tennial grounds being Front, Market, College, Cherry, Summer, High, 
Vine and Spruce. The first five of these, besides many others running 
in an easterly and westerly direction, are almost exclusively devoted to 
the commercial affairs of the city, while the other streets and avenues 
are beautified by a pleasing mixture of ante helium and modern resi- 
dences. 

The cut shows a view in Market Street, where mam* of the leading- 
wholesale houses are located. These compare architecturally and in 
their methods with the more prominent houses in the larger Eastern 
and Western towns. 



CITT IvIFB I hear 

The voices of myriad work folk dear, 

Who make earth, the sheltering home that it Is, 

With their beautiful manifold industries. 



STORY OF THE EXPOSITION 

A wonderful thing has been done in the building of the Tennessee Centennial 
Exposition. A city of a hundred thousand people has perfected an enterprise that no 
city of equal size ever equaled. The Exposition costing over #1,000,000 stands to-day 
an exemplification of art, in every detail, art in the highest sense, in that it is most 
appropriate to the best ideas of human intelligence. The spirit of the Watauga 
people that turned the tide at King's Mountain ; the spirit that won for Tennessee her 
title, marking her the home of volunteers in public cause; the spirit of John Sevier 
and Andrew Jackson, is the spirit that made the Tennessee Centennial Exposition pos 
sible. Begun at a time of unbounded financial disaster and carried on with a stub- 
bornness that was dumb to all detraction through as tremulous and doubt-compelling 
a national election as this land ever saw, the fact that its glories of to-day are due 
to one city of a hundred thousand people almost surpasses comprehension, and jus- 
tifies the statement that the vigor of the past lives still in the breast of this commu- 
nity. 

Nashville celebrated her centennial in 1880, and this Exposition was really first 
suggested at that time, though nothing was done until Capt. W. C. Smith took the 
steps in the fall of 1893 that led -to the realization of the dreams of its projectors. 
When the matter had been thoroughly discussed by local societies, at the instance of 
Hon. J. M. Head, then owner of "The American," that paper printed the formal 
prop >sition to hold the Exposition, and followed this up from day to day with opin- 
ions from Governors, Mayors, and prominent people throughout the South. All of 
these were of the most favorable character, and the press of Nashville and of the 
entire country endorsed the idea most heartily. Comment went on until sentiment 
was ripe for action, and a Centennial Exposition convention was held June 19, 1894, 
at which organization was effected and officers elected. The work went on with in- 
creasing interest. Nat Baxter, Jr., was President and A. W. W 7 ills Director General of 
the Exposition. The people of Nashville warmed up and subscribed $75,000 to the 
enterprise during the summer. In November Davidson County voted $50,000 and the 
way began to look smooth. But political complications arose, and the Legislature 
refused any appropriation for the celebration. Congress failed to act, and the spirit 
of those interested seemed broken. Others, however, became interested and just 
when all looked darkest the turn came. New life was infused into the movement 
and the popular feeling grew more intense than ever. Subscriptions poured in, and 
after declining several times Maj. J. W. Thomas was induced to accept the Presidency 
on the condition made by himself that no salary be attached to the office. Van Leer 
Kirkman was chosen Vice President and Maj. E. C. Lewis Director General, the for- 
mer officers having resigned. Maj. A. W. Wills was made Commissioner General, and 
later in the history of the Exposition Dr. W. L. Dudley was made Director of 
Affairs. 

West Side Park was chosen as the site, and the corner-stone of the first building, 
the Parthenon, was laid October 5, 1895. Two days later the city of Nashville voted 
$100,000 to the Exposition. Designs for four other buildings were adopted in Decem- 
ber, and work was begun even before the winter was over. June, 1896, found the en- 
terprise well under way, and the Centennial of the State's admission was celebrated 
that day with imposing exercises and the greatest parade in the history of the South. 
Ten thousand people were in parade and a hundred thousand lined the streets. The 
counties were now making appropriations for county displays and other states, 
cities and countries began to show interest. Congress passed acts admitting articles 
for exhibition free, and allowing foreign laborers to come in for Exposition purposes. 
The great celebration at the Auditorium June 1, 1896, sealed the success of the Expo- 
sition, and from this time it was only a question of how great the Exposition would 
grow. Every department settled down to work, and January, 1897, found the Expo- 
sition in such condition that its opening on time was a certainty. Congress had 
made an appropriation at last, and the Legislature came along with the delayed State 
appropriation, so that it became both State and National. Of the success attained 
since the opening no more remains to be said than is familiar to all who have 
visited it. 

Greatest of all Expositions except the World's Fair, it has surprised and delighted 
everyone, and the common verdict has been that the half was never told. 

The spirit from which all of this grew sprang iuto life from that famous speech 
by Tully Brown at the Chamber of Commerce. It became established when Maj. 
J. W. Thomas, after refusing the honor again and again, finally consented to become 
President upon the explicit condition that neither he nor his Secretary should be 
paid any salary whatever. Not once has a detail of large or small importance been 
decided otherwise than upon the basis of right and truth, cold and pure. Not a mem- 
ber of that committee has been pecuniarily benefited by his Centennial position, and 
this fact should never be forgotten. 

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